Teams that intentionally tank should be stripped of draft picks. Its disgraceful.
People misunderstand what "tanking" means. They don't throw games like the 1919 Black Sox. It's just that they don't field a competitive team. Not every team gets to have a LeBron James, a Kevin Durant, a Shaq, KG, Duncan, Hakeem, Jordan, Bird, etc...
The vast majority of the league has little chance of winning a title. Every single year there are 14 teams who fail to make the playoffs mainly because they don't have the talent to compete.
It'd be nice if every team could go out and sign a LeBron James clone, but it doesn't work that way. And teams go through rebuilding processes all the time. When Pau was traded to LA, Memphis was obviously going to bottom out as a result. When Chris Paul was traded to LA, the Hornets were obviously going to bottom out. When Dwight was traded to LA, the Magic were obviously going to bottom out. When LeBron took his talents to South beach, the Cavs were obviously going to bottom out. When Boston traded KG and Pierce to the Nets, the Celtics were obviously going to bottom out.
They don't need to throw games... the empty void of quality talent on this team will take care of it for them.
What ya gonna do... punish teams for not having superstars by taking away their superstar lotto tickets? How's that gon work? lol